Category: Recipes

This post contains affiliate links to stuff we love! Did you get an Instant Pot for Christmas this year? Along with the rest of the world? I didn’t, but I’ve got one now and I’m going a little nutso with it. It’s a beautiful machine, it really is. I have the 5-quart version of this…

About a month ago Sprouts, the Colorado Ranchers Council, and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (the “Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner” promoters) invited me and other influencers to a holiday ‘meat’ up. It happened to be election night, but I don’t regret going one bit. I learned a lot, and I had some delicious…

Heeey — so how’s everybody doing? Emerging from your turkey coma okay? Ready to head into Christmas? We’re headed to the mountains tomorrow to cut down a tree, which is huge fun. But I don’t know if you’ve noticed, our Colorado trees are…unique. Sparse. They’re sparse. And the kids and I always go overboard trying…

Every fall I make these cookies. They are INSANE! The kids go nuts for them. I’m going to make them again this week with pomegranate craisins instead of cranberries. I also make a powdered sugar glaze on top. Yum! Pumpkin Cranberry Cookies Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter, softened 1 cup white sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract…

Ever wander the produce aisle and find strange looking, colorful veggies that look tempting but you’re not sure what to do with them? I’m talking beets, parsnips, turnips, fennel, and multicolored carrots. This time of year, they are abundant and affordable, when most other fresh fruits and veggies are in short supply and expensive. Roots…

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